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At Marly and Versailles she was obliged to go to chapel on foot and without her stays, and seat herself near the femmes de chambre. At Madame de Maintenon's there was no observance of ranks; every one sat down there promiscuously; she did this for the purpose of avoiding all discussion respecting her own rank.
The doctors, contrary to their custom, never reassured him. The night was cruel. On Wednesday; the 2nd of May, the King went, after mass, to M. le Duc de Berry, who had been again bled in the foot. The King held the Council of State, as usual, dined in Madame de Maintenon's rooms, and afterwards reviewed his Guards.
They Solicit Its Demolition. Madame de Maintenon's Opposition. Political Views of Henri IV. on This Matter. The Jesuits of Paris Proclaim the Dedication of Their College to Louis the Great. The Gold Pieces.
News Sent to France. Council at Madame de Maintenon's. The King's Decision. A Public Declaration. Treatment of the New King. His Departure for Spain. Reflections. Philip V. Arrives in Spain. The Queen Dowager Banished. Marriage of Phillip V. The Queen's Journey. Rival Dishes. A Delicate Quarrel. The King's journey to Italy. The Intrigues against Catinat. Vaudemont s Success.
By selecting me for her friend, she filled up the cup of Maintenon's hatred, who was paying Bessola; because she knew she was jealous of me, and that I had advised the Dauphine not to keep her, for I was quite aware that she had secret interviews with Maintenon.
Maintenon has had the honour, too, to count among its illustrious guests Racine, who came at the request of Madame de Maintenon, and here wrote "Esther" and "Athalie" which were later produced at Saint Cyr by Madame de Maintenon's celebrated band of "Demoiselles."
My sister complained of them to the Bishop of Poitiers, who severely blamed them for such conduct; and seeing that he could not induce them to offer me an apology, sent them away to three different convents. A Billet from the King. Madame de Maintenon's Letter. The King as Avenger. His Sentence on the Murderers.
Maintenon annoyed her immediately after her marriage in such a manner as must have excited pity. The Dauphine had made her own marriage; she had hoped to be uncontrolled, and to become her own mistress; but she was placed in that Maintenon's hands, who wanted to govern her like a child of seven years old, although she was nineteen.
One would never have thought she was about to quit a brilliant Court for the hair shirt of the ascetic, and all the death-in-life of a convent. I grieved for her, I wept for her, and I got her a grand gentleman as a husband. This may refer to Mademoiselle de Blois, La Valliere's daughter, who was given in marriage to the Prince de Conti. Madame de Maintenon's Character. The Queen Likes Her.
Madame de Maintenon and the Duchesse de Bourgogne abated not a jot in their enmity. The Marechal d'Harcourt lost no opportunity of pulling him to pieces. One day, among others, he was declaiming violently against him at Madame de Maintenon's, whom he knew he should thus please. She asked him whom he would put in his place. "M. Fagon, Madame," he replied coldly.
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